Making Comics

Episode 289: Making Drawings Unnatural

This week, we talk about finishing another interior page (3:35), fixing the issues that arise in a nonlinear story (15:10), leaning into the unnatural on a drawing (24:30), reviewing art pages from different artists (44:45), and a Kickstarter packing party (53:20).

Episode 288: Refining your Pitch

This week, we talk about the admin and social media stuff that goes with being a creator (4:35), creating a detailed drawing for a coloring book (14:15), Comic Con Revolution (18:20), refining pitches (33:35), restarting the fire for drawing (43:45), and flatting pages (52:00).

Episode 287: Changing styles and Productivity

Today, we talk about a record(?) week of art productivity (4:15), assembling bonus material for the back pages of a comic (13:30), chaos via issues with files for the printer (22:00), writing the correct age and digging into dialect (31:00), and rising printing costs (48:00).

Episode 286: Pacing and Beginnings

This week, we discuss early story pacing (6:45), drawing interiors (14:00), compare notes on Free Comic Book Day (35:30), and behind the scenes work to finish a comic (57:30).

Episode 285: From Idea to Cover

This week we talk about going from idea to a cover (2:40), how lettering on a comic evokes Marvel method (13:30), continuing work on interiors (23:30), the odd feeling of light notes in a workshop (26:10), preparing PDFs and files in advance of a Kickstarter finishing (30:00), and discuss current comics we're reading (41:00).